Earth and Ocean Sciences

Introduction to diversity of marine habitats and ecosystems; hydrothermal vent, intertidal, coral reef, estuarine, deep sea, and polar ecosystems; impacts of ecosystem change; evolution of ocean plankton; invasive species; climate change; pollution.

Physical, chemical, and biological processes in the ocean and their interaction with climate and marine food-webs.

Identification and quantitative analysis of diverse physical problems in the earth, ocean, atmospheric, and planetary sciences.